Chapter 688 One Mistake Is Enough

Chapter 688 One Mistake Is Enough

Chapter 688 One Mistake Is Enough

Chelsea's celebration finally had to stop under the interference of the referee. In recent years, Chelsea has long been used to winning, and it has been as miserable as this season, which is the first time since the Russian oligarchs took over.

With the resumption of the game, Manchester City, in order to make the players on the field feel dissatisfied, Van Basten rushed all the players on the bench to warm up.

On the other side, Di Matteo took the lead in making a substitution. The long-lost Ghana Buffalo Essien came on the stage and replaced Meireles to strengthen the defensive ability of the midfielder.

Essien spent most of this season lying in bed until the winter break. So far, he has played four games in the league this season, three of which are substitutes.

Once upon a time, Essien's physical fitness was synonymous with abnormality, and his outstanding physique almost collapsed all opponents, but now, to be precise, after Mourinho left Chelsea, Essien suddenly fell from the peak to the bottom.

In 08, Mourinho took over Inter Milan and helped Inter Milan create the final glory of Serie A. However, in the Premier League, the former favorite Essien was reimbursed for the entire first half of the season due to a friendly match.

It was also from this injury that Essien spent the next two years almost struggling with the injury. The two-year injury was almost fatal to the player.

After his return, Essien cannot be compared with two years ago. However, the more important and cruel thing is that at the beginning of this season, the same situation happened again, and he was reimbursed again for the entire first half of the season. It is conceivable that the injury is terrible. If it is not for the injury, Essien should be at the age of the peak of his career.

Di Matteo's conservative substitution also became the most criticized substitution in the game, because it was this substitution that helped Manchester City tie the score.

As a star who is used to living in the spotlight, Essien does not want to leave the mainstream stage so early, so after his debut, the Ghanaian was very active.

But now he is no longer the same as he was three years ago. Regardless of physical confrontation or technical and tactical level, he can't compare with what he was three years ago, let alone Li Feng who is facing him. Now, Li Feng is synonymous with abnormality.

Although Li Feng is poor Essien, he will never show mercy. What's more, the Ghanaian buffalo took the initiative to find him, forcefully crushed him, and maybe three years ago, Li Feng might not have been able to take advantage of it if he used his body.

Of course, Li Feng didn't know what happened to Essien at his peak, because at the time of Essien's peak, he hadn't stepped into professional football, and what he knew was all he saw in the news and games.

But now, when the two of them were in physical contact, Li Feng didn't feel how much threat Essien posed to him. Even Li Feng felt that Essien's physical ability was not as good as that of Lampard, who was four years older than him.

Chelsea's performance in this game was not as good as in the last contest, but it's no wonder that Lampard is 34 years old after all, and he fought too hard in the previous game. You can't ask a 34-year-old veteran to become 24 years old.

But even if, Lampard is still one of the few players in the Chelsea team that can pose a threat to Manchester City, but Manchester City is not bad, and the midfielder combination of De Jong and Yaya Toure is not so easy to shake.

Although Essien was pushed away by force, there were still many obstacles in front of Li Feng. The main task of Ramirez and Mikel in this game was to defend Li Feng.

In the last match, Di Matteo was so impressed by Li Feng's performance. Even seeing Li Feng breaking through with the ball at this moment, Di Matteo couldn't help but think that if Li Feng finally came to Chelsea last summer, then perhaps Chelsea's performance today would definitely be very different.

Of course~~~ If this is really the case, it is estimated that there is nothing wrong with him. If Chelsea can achieve the results of Manchester City today, Boas will not be fired.

But all these thoughts just flashed in Di Matteo's mind. In the current situation, Li Feng is Chelsea's enemy, the most threatening person in this game, and what he has to do is to contain Li Feng.

Judging from Li Feng's performance in the half, his tactics were not very successful. Mikel was too clumsy, Lampard couldn't keep up with Li Feng, and Ramirez could barely do it then, but with Li Feng's ability, only Ramirez's role would be limited.

The reason why Chelsea did not concede a goal in the first half was not how successful Chelsea's midfielder was in restricting Li Feng, but Chelsea's overall defense and Petr Cech, who was like a god.

However, it is impossible for a player to be perfect for nine to 10 minutes in a game, even Li Feng, who has a system, cannot do it, let alone other ordinary players.

No, in Manchester City's attack, the Chelsea players made a mistake. Under the double-teaming of the two, Li Feng made a pass back, and Yaya Toure immediately passed the ball diagonally to split the side.

Silva faced Ivanovic. The strength of Chelsea's full-backs is strong frontal confrontation, but their turns are a bit slow, and they seem a little lacking in flexibility.

In this regard, Silva just restrained Ivanovic, so in the previous game, Ivanovic seemed very cautious.

Perhaps the successful defense in the first half made Ivanovic a little swollen. This time, when Silva was in possession of the ball, Ivanovic did not retreat to block Silva's breakthrough route, but went forward directly to steal.

What I was waiting for was this moment. The moment Ivanovic rushed forward, the corner of Silva's mouth slightly curved up, and his left foot pulled back, allowing Ivanovic to bully him, and then pushed the ball out with one kick.

"Not good~~~" Ivanovic suddenly felt bad, but at the moment he had no time to stop, Silva deftly passed by him, then caught up with the ball and cut into the penalty area.

"Mistake~~~ Ivanovic was too careless. Behind him, Silva perfectly took advantage of Ivanovic's slow turning and poor flexibility."

"Restricted Area~~~Restricted Area~~~GOAL~~~~The ball scored~~~Feng~~~Feng~~~Feng, Manchester City equalized the score, and it was Feng who scored the goal. This perfect cooperation, Feng's position is completely empty."

After Silva broke into the penalty area, he immediately attracted the attention of Chelsea's defensive players. Cahill directly handed Dzeko to Luiz and moved left to intercept Silva.

Just when Cahill rushed to the front, Silva kicked obliquely, but the target was not Dzeko, who was entangled with Louis in the small penalty area, but Li Feng, who was behind the two of them and outside the small penalty area.

After passing the ball back, Li Feng immediately moved forward. When Silva broke through, he was already wandering outside the penalty area. When Silva rushed into the penalty area, Li Feng turned back and ran, widening the distance with Ramirez, and then rushed into the penalty area quickly.

(End of this chapter)